Japan

role of Ishihara Shintarō

…of Ōsaka, had launched the Japan Restoration Party (JRP; Nippon Ishin no Kai). In mid-November that party and the Sunrise Party merged, retaining the JRP name and with Ishihara as party leader. In parliamentary elections held one month later, on December 16, Ishihara was one of 54 JRP candidates who…